Wednesday 17th Dec 2025

 Space Weather
SFI = 118
K index = 3

Turned the radio on just after 0000 UTC (10am my time) and the only band working at the time was 15m. Heard a couple of JA's talking and then a Korean station calling CQ. I tried calling back but he didn't hear me. Later I tried again at around 0515 UTC on 20m and could just hear Gerard (VK2IO/P) working WWFF/ POTA down in NSW. He was right in the noise. Grabbing the paddle, I gave a quick answer and thanks goodness I got him.
Switching back up to 15m the band was quiet, so I gave a quick CQ to see if the RBN would pick me up and suddenly I got into a small pileup. Toshikiyo (JA0RUG)  came back followed by Karunya (YD2UWF) and then finally Yutaka (JH4PUS). 
Thanks for the Card Tosh.
That was fun for a few minutes. The QRP streak continues

Tues 16th Dec 2025

Space Weather :
SFI - 113
K index = 2

Not many stations on the bands today. Only 2 stations on 15m (both JA's) of which Ken JE6UHQ was one. We only managed a very quick QSO, as the band wasn't the best (539).  Lucky I got Ken when I did. Now the QRP streak begins.
Late that afternoon I kept checking the bands to see if it would open however once the terminator (grey line) was directly overhead, the bands began to shut down quickly except 40m which began to open slightly, but the signals were very faint from locals down south. About 2 hours later, 40m shut down as well.
Hopefully tomorrow will be better